1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1746
Photographer
Arthur LeBoeuf
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses
Style/Period
American Colonial
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[typed, top:] From the show called "RHODE ISLAND ARCHITECTURE", June, 1939- / October 20, 1939. At the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design / Providence, Rhode Island. / Exhibited Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, November and December, 1939. / Exhibited Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, January, 1940. / Exhibited Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connicut [sic], March, 1940. ; [typed, bottom:] Nichols-Wanton-Hunter [sic] House, 54 Washington Street. Newport. 1746. / Photo by LeBoeuf. / Fireplace wall of downstairs parlor. Therichest [sic] panelling of the mid-eight- / eenth century with correct Corinthian pilasters and carved angel's heads. / Elaborate niches, frequently placed over fireplaces, are very characteristic / of this age in Rhode Island.
Description
verso of photograph; Photograph exhibited in Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition, 1939, RISD Museum. Curated by RISD Museum Director Alexander Dorner (tenure 1938-1941) and architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
Keywords
architecture (discipline); fireplaces; pilasters; paneling